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I can’t think of a bigger crock of sh*t than to label opposition to legalizing drugs as progressivism.
Legalizing pot would at least carve a big hole in the income stream of Mexico’s drug cartels. And it would save our national forests which have become infested with the cartel’s marijuana farms. Other than that I’m not all that keen on having a society filled with potheads. Been there, done that, lived through the 60s.
Statism??? You must be high...
Calling all Liberaltarian Potheads!
Hope your zoning law repeals puts a whorehouse, abortion & pot stand right next to where your children play.
There is a difference - a big difference - between a Libertarian and a Conservative.
Both hang out at FR.
I am a conservative, myself.
It is Libertarians who want to legalize recreational drugs. Not Conservatives. Which is one of several reasons why I am not a Libertarian.
All Libertarians and Conservatives really have in common is a pro-capitalism, limited (to varying degrees) government position.
Foreign policy, all the social issues, we are at opposite ends of the spectrum. You will find the Libertarians with the Liberals there.
It is wrong for you, Hudson, to label conservatives statists. Conservatives believe in rule of law; statists deem the state above the law.
You’ve struck a nerve again. Funny, it never fails to draw out the statists when the topic of Prohibition II comes up. All their fancy talk about “smaller, less intrusive government” goes right out the window when it comes to what THEY don’t like. Consistency is utterly foreign to them as a concept. And they wonder why they can’t keep hold of the reins of power.
To paraphrase Churchill (I believe), it’s the job of progressives to make all these monumental screwups, whilst it’s the job of conservatives to keep them from being corrected.
I really don’t care whether adults choose to smoke marijuana or not. I would require them to submit to random drug testing on the job, though, especially if they work for the government, because I want to make sure that we are getting something for our tax dollars. Private industry will, of course, continue to drug test for the same reason.
Marijuana prohibition particularly has an onerous history, starting with the lies and manipulations of Harry Anslinger and the blatantly unconstitutional enforcement of the Marijuana Tax Act. Then we had the Shafer Commission report.
Raymond Shafer was apparenly a man of good politically conservative values and tried to objectively report the results of the resarch into the effects of marijuana, without trying to cherry pick or manipulate the date to reach a pre-ordained conclusion or "spin" the results. He got pilloried and the report buried.
Most of the information you do see coming from the government can be traced back to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. You'll find they have a long and odious history of liberal political activism and manipulating their research data and spinning their publications to support it.
It's all out of whack.
On murder social conservatives trend statist.
On rape social conservatives trend statist.
On DUI social conservatives trend statist.